Shoulder pad



Feb. 19, 1946. Y A J. TANGORRA y A l 2,395,024

SHOULDER PAD Filed Dec. 5, 1944 2 sheets-sheet@ BYQM " ATTRNEY Feb. 19, 1946.y 4 TANG'QRRA 2,3;955124` SHOULDER PAD Filed Dec. 5, 1944 2 sheets-sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. JOHN TANGO/PE4 Patented Feb. 19, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE L f SHOULDER PAD K John Tangorra., Brooklyn, Y.

Application December 5, 1944, Serial No. 566,652`

' s claims. (c1. z zs) l I This invention relates to new and useful imy provements in a shoulder pad for a coat, jacket or other type of garment. 1

More specifically, it is proposed to provide a shoulder pad including sheets of hair cloth made of woven horsehair and thread and shapedto better fit the'shoulders of a V*personV wearingl a garment provided with the shoulder pads.

Still further, itis proposed to provide a shoulder pad of the aforesaid type in which the padded portion is triangular in shape with the apex of the triangle toward the wearers neck, the pad having'a forward flap portion adapted to cover the front of a persons shoulder. v

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description 'and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features ofthe invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings'forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shoulder pad adapted to be used on a persons right shoulder and conf p structed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side viewof the pad. y Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l. f.

Fig. 4 is a View of a sheet of hair cloth used in making the pad. A

Fig. 5 isv a view of another sheet'of hair cloth adapted to be superposed `on the corresponding portionrof the sheet of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view of the padding sheet of cotton and cloth of the pad.V

Fig. 7 is a view of the 'top outer sheet of cloth of the pad. n

Fig. 8 is a View of the bottom outer sheet of cloth of the pad. f

Fig. 9 is a view of the sheet of cloth which covers the outer end of the pad.

Fig. 10 is a view of the two. sheets of hair cloth, showing how they are sewed together.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the Yshoulder pad.

The shoulder pad, according to this invention includes a triangular portion I0 adapted to pad a. garment, and an extension I I. The portion I0 `is thickest along its center line extending from the apex i2 to the middle of the base I3 of the triangle. It tapers in opposite directions from this center line. 'I'he portion I0 has, besides the base I3 (best shown in Fig. 2) a rear edge I 4 and a front edge dened by a row of stitches I5. The

extension II has agrear edge dened by the row of stitches I5 anda front edge I6. The remain 5 ing edge4 I'I of the pad is adapted to be positioned adjacent the neck of the garment.

The shoulder pad` shown in the drawings is adapted to pad the right shoulder of a garment, with the extension II at the forward side of the garment. The right shoulder pad will be similar but reversed 'in shape. The novel features of the present invention can be best understood from a description of the construction of the shoulder pad, which is as follows: Asheet of hair cloth rI8 ofthe shape shown in Fig. 4 is iirst formed. Hair cloth is cloth which has threads of cotton, rayon or Ithe likerunning in one direction and horsehairs running in the other direction, the horsehairs lforming flexible stiiening members. Other materials may be used as a substitute for the horsehairs, if desired, .such as relatively heavy nylonv or other plastic threads. The horsehairs run vertically as viewed in Fig. 4 and the threads run horizontally.

VAnother sheet of hair cloth I9, of a shape shown in Fig. 5, is superposed on the bottom of the Vsheet I8, as is best shown in Fig. l0, and is securedthereto along the top and bottom redges by tape 20 sewed thereto, and by stitches 2| running back and forth horizontally across the two sheets. Thus the bottom or outer end of the pad is stiffened bytwo sheets of hair cloth whilejthe' top or inner end is stilened by only one sheet.

4 Moreover, thehorsehairs of sheet I9 run horizontally so that they cross the hairs of sheet I8 when superposed thereon.

The padding of the shoulder pad is formed by a triangular wad of cotton lined on one side by heavy gauze and on the other side by muslin, the

heavy gauze being adjacent the hair clothrand further acting as stiffening means. This padding is shown in Fig. 6 and indicated by the numeral 22. It forms the interior of the pad triangular portion IU. The apex 23 of the padding is positioned at the point 24 on the horsehair sheet I8, forming the aforementioned apex I2.

After thev padding 22 has been superposed on'k the double horsehair sheet shown in Fig. 10 and formed as aforesaid by the sheets I8 and I9, it is sewed thereto and then this structure is covered on opposite sides by sheets of black cloth 25 and 26, shown respectively in Figs. '7 and 8. Sheet 26, Similarly, the two sheets of the padding 22, namely the gauze sheet is smaller than sheet 25.

made after the sheets 25 and 26 have been sewed in place. The nished pad is best shown in Figs. 1 and 11. The base edges 29 and 3U of the sheets 25 and 26 respectively are connected by a sheet of black cloth 3|, best shown in Fig. 9.

The pad constructed as aforedescribed has many advantages over the well known types of shoulder pads now in use. The edge I6 of the extension runs substantially true horizontally when worn by a person so that it, together with the extension H, provides a smoothness at the front of the garment at the shoulder, preventing Wrinkling and bunching such as usually occurs where a shoulder pad has only the padded lportion. It will be noted that extension Il is not padded but is stifened by the horsehairs, and it is stiiened less adjacent theneck than it is adjacent the arm, which is proper for best action. Furthermore, in the portion of the pad having the .double layer of hair .cloth with the .hairs crossing, sagging of the pad .is prevented -as any sagging tendency Vis uplifted by .the support of thehairs of one sheet of cloth on the hairs ofthe other sheet.

A further advantage of the shoulder pad of the -present invention `is that .the rportion near the neck can `bend freely in one direction (the directionthe hairs run in) but cannot bend freely in the opposite direction, `whereas in the portion having the double hair cloth construction, the pad cannot .bend freely iri any direction.

Thus this double construction provides, for all practical purposes, a `wrinkle-proof padding preventing the pad from getting out of shape.

While-I have illustrated andgdescribed the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limitmyself lto the precise construction herein disclosed and the right isere served to all changes and modifications coming within the scope .of vthe invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

.1. A shoulder Vpad comprising a curved triangular body of padding material, a sheet of hair cloth adjacent `the outer concave sideof said body with the hairs .of said cloth running perpendicular to the base of said body and with threads of said cloth running parallel `to said base, said sheet having an extension beyond said body, a cover for said sheet and body, and a row of stitches through said cover and sheet along the inner edge of said body.

2. A shoulder pad comprisinga-triangular body of padding material having -a wad of cotton, a gauze liner on one side of said Wad and a muslin liner .on the other side of said wad, a sheet of hair cloth adjacent the outer side of said body and `engaging .said gauze liner with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular to the base of said body and with the .threads of said cloth running parallel to said base, said .sheet having .an extension beyond said body, and a cover for said sheetand body.

3. Ashoulder pad comprising la triangular body of padding material, a sheet of hair cloth adjacent the .outer side-of said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular to the base of said body and With the threads of said cloth running parallel to said base, said sheet having an extension beyond said body, another sheet of hair cloth superposed on said iirst mentioned sheet outwardly of the apex of said body only, and a cover for said sheet and body.

4. A shoulder pad comprising a triangular body of padding material, a sheet of hair cloth secured to said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular tothe base of said body and with vthe threads'of said cloth running parallel to said base, said sheet having an extension beyond said body, another sheet of hair cloth secured to said vbody and rst mentioned sheet and having its hairs perpendicular to said hairs of said first mentioned sheet, and a cover for said sheet and body.

5. A shoulder pad comprising a triangular body of `paddingg material, a sheet of hair cloth secured to said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular tothe base of said body and with the threads-of said cloth running parallel to said base, said sheet having an .extension beyond said body, another sheet of hair cloth secured to said body and to a part of iirst mentioned sheet only, and having its hairs perpendicular to said hairs of said first mentionedsheet, and a cover for -said `sheetand body.

6. A shoulder pad comprising a triangular body of paddingmaterial with its base at the outer end of said pad, a sheetof hair `cloth secured-to said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular to the base of said body and with the threads of said cloth running parallel `to said base, said sheet having an extension inwardly of said body, another sheet of hair .cloth secured to said body and the portion of said rst mentioned sheet outwardly of said extension and having its hairs perpendicular to said lhairs of said rst mentioned sheet, and a cover for said sheet and body.

'7, A shoulder pad `comprising a triangular curved body of padding material, a large sheet of hair cloth secured to the concave side of said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular lto the base of said body and with the threads of said cloth running parallel to said base, said sheethavingan extension beyond said body, ya small sheet-of hair cloth secured to said body and to a portion only of saidrst mentioned sheet and having its hairs perpendicular to said hairs of said first mentioned `sheet whereby a part of said pad is stiffened by a single layer of hairs and another part is stifened by a double layer of hairs, and a cover for said sheet and body.

8. A shoulder pad comprising a triangular curved body of padding material, a large sheet of hair cloth secured-to the concave side of said body with the hairs of said cloth running perpendicular to the base of said body and with the threads of said cloth running parallel to said base, said sheet having an extension beyond said body, a small sheet of hair cloth secured to'said body and to a portion only of said first mentioned .sheet and having its hairs perpendicular to said hairs of said rst .mentioned sheet whereby a part of saidpad is stiftened by a single layer of hairs :and another part is stiiened by a double layer of hairs, and a cover for saidsheet and body, said hairs of ksaid double layer crossing each other.

JOHN TANGORRA. 

